| Crime, Malls & Religion(5) | ||||
| Crime Rate Per 100,000 Inhabitants | Property - 5854.8 | Violent - 1062.2 | Total - 6917 | |
| Enclosed Regional Malls (within a 40-mile radius) | 1 | |||
| Religious Institutions (11-county area) | Protestant - 1,051 | Catholic - 18 | Synagogues - 3 | Other - 0 |
| Sports | ||||
| Major & Minor College & Professional Teams | Professional | College | ||
| Major | Minor | Major | Minor | |
| Football | Dallas Cowboys | Tyler Junior College Apaches, Trinity Valley Cardinals, SFA Lumberjacks, Kilgore Rangers | ||
| Baseball | Texas Rangers | Tyler Roughnecks, Shreveport Captains | Tyler Junior College Apaches, Panola Ponies, Lon Morris Bearcats | |
| Basketball | Dallas Mavericks | Tyler Junior College Apaches, Panola Ponies & Fillies,Trinity Valley Cardinals& Lady Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars, Lon Morris Bearcats, SFA Lumberjacks, Kilgore College Rangers & Lady Rangers | ||
| Hockey | Dallas Stars | Shreveport Mudbugs | ||
| Soccer | Tyler Junior College Apaches,SFA Ladyjacks | |||
| Culture (6) | ||||
| Top Annual Events | Dates | |||
| Alleyfest | Early-June | |||
| Texas Shakespeare Festival | June-July | |||
| Great Texas Balloon Race | Mid-July | |||
| Festival on the Square | Mid Sept. | |||
| Gladewater Arts & Crafts Festival | End of Sept. | |||
| Tyler Rose Festival | Mid-October | |||
| East Texas Yamboree | Mid-October | |||
| Winnsboro Autumn Trails | October | |||
| Wonderland of Lights | Thanksgiving-Christmas | |||
| Cultural Places & Amenities (11 county area) | Number | |||
| Museums | 25 | |||
| Dance Companies | 3 | |||
| Symphony Orchestras | 5 | |||
| Opera Companies | 1 | |||
| Theater Companies | 5 | |||
| Recreational Outlets | 25 lakes within this region | |||
| (1) www.weather.com (2) Longview Board of Realtors, February 2001; www.realtor.com (3) Texas Education Agency, Academic Excellence Indicator System (4) Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, Texas Board of Dental Examiners (5) FBI Uniform Crime Statistics, Smartpages.com (6) Longview Convention and Visitors Bureau, East Texas Tourism Association |
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